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Mature Life InstituteImpact of implementing“Safe Community”
in a Japanese community
From a case of Kameoka City

Yoko Shiraishi
Mature Life Institute
Ritsumeikan University

Contents

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Purpose and Methods
Movement of Safe Community inJapan
Challenge of Kyoto P. and Kameoka（1）Overview of Kameoka City
（２）Approach for Safety Promotion

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5.

Discussion
Conclusion

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1. Purpose and Methods• Purpose;
To figure out impact of implementation of“Safe Community” in a Japanesecommunity• Methods;
Participant Observation and Interviewof relevant parties

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2. Movement of Safe Community in Japan• Communities are seeking for effective
methods of safety promotion, while there are
already various programs and have attained
relatively high level of safety.
• In March 2008, Kameoka became the firstmember of the International SC network inJapan.
Interest in SC has been improving in Japan
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2. Background of SC movement in Japan

Mature Life Institute⇒ Challenges in Local Communities
Decentralization of Authority fromCentral Gov't to Local Gov't
１．More responsibility in policy making- including safety promotion, health promotion

２．More effective finance management- fiscal distress in many communities

３．More responsibility for community
development- need of collaboration with various bodies atlocal/community levels

3. Challenges of Kameoka City• Kyoto Pref. decided to take a model of SC
to pursue their political agendas.
Mature Life Institute– Proposed SC to municipalities with 3 possible benefits

1. Improve safety
2. Reduce expenses in medical & Public Health
3. Re-establish relation among community
members

Kameoka decided to adopt the conceptof SC with support from Kyoto Pref. in 2006 5

第17回世界SC学会(2008年10月20日～23日）（1）Overview of Kameoka City
• Kameoka City is located inKyoto Prefecture.

Mature Life Institute– Next to a capital city, Kyoto
City• Population is approximate
100,000– Aging rapidly• Over 65 yrs : 16.1%• Good accessibility toOsaka and Kyoto
Kyoto City– Heavy traffic• Abundant in Nature– Used to be suffered bynatural disasters

KameokaCity（2）Approach for Safety Promotion
Grasp current condition

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Condition of Safety

Relevant parties

existingprograms & activitiesIdentify
Problems

Improve & coordinate
Social Resources

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A. Grasp Current condition
Condition of Safety

Mature Life InstituteExisting Data

TrafficAccidents

SuicideMinor injuries athomes & working
placesPrograms & activities
Relevant parties

Household survey

Affection to community

satisfactionsocialization→ effect on feeling ofsafety

more possible
resources were found

B. Develop programs
What Kameoka City does ;Mature Life InstitutezDevelop Social Resources- Establish relationship among actors

zCollect and Provide information- Share problems, knowledge & goals

zSet up a platform for collaboration
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B. Develop programs

Mature Life Institute>> Workshop at a pilot neighborhood• To develop safe community programs
based on the current situation of the city
• To provide opportunities for residents to
get more involved in safety promotion
activities• Set up a series of workshop at a pilot area
– Shino-Cho（population; 18,000）– 2hr×4 times with 60-70 residents

1st meeting:Identify and share problems
in their neighborhoodMature Life Institute- Children and elderlys’ safety- Traffic Safety

2nd meeting:Set up goals- Improve safety based oncommunication among residents

3rd meeting:

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Result of the Workshop

Mature Life Institute• Residents learned ;– to identify what make unsafe condition– to share goals of the community⇒ Safety is the fundamental issue formost residents– to make the good use of various existing
resources &methods for safety promotion⇒they don’t have to start new programs

Action Plan for Safety Promotion

4. Discussion;
Effects of Safe Community programs

Mature Life Institute3 benefits proposed by Kyoto Pref.
Improve-mentof Safety

Objective
Subjective

Decrease ofExpenses in Medical& Health Sectors
Re-establishment ofbond in community

Need more Data

Showing someindications

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4. Discussion;
Effects of Safe Community programs

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Other effects observed in Kameoka• Awareness of Safety among residents• Collaboration among safety related bodies
9Bridges among related actors• Mechanism of Comprehensive
understanding of situation and evaluationof programs
9Scientific analysis
9Multilateral measurement
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Change in Collaboration between Actors
KyotoPref.

KameokaCity

HealthPolice
Fire Dept. Sectors

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Kyoto
Pref.
KameokaCity
PoliceFire Dept
HealthSectors

Internal collaboration

Residents

External collaboration

Residents

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5. Conclusion; Impacts on Community

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Safer
SaferKameoka
Kameoka
Safe Community Approaches
Individual approaches byGov’t, organization, groups and residents
SuicideTrafficAccidents

Violence

Injuries atHomeSeniorChildrenWorkPlaces

Schools“Safety” and “Designation”

Mature Life Institute■ “Safety”

is most common concern foranyone in any kind of situation.
→ can be set up as a common goal
■ “Designation”-Working for designation helps various
actors to become united to attaintheir common goals at community level

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Thank you ….
Yoko Shiraishi
yokomature@cyberoz.net